Oct 7, 2025 | Climate Change, Cornwall Alliance, COVID Denial, Denial, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fossil Fuels, Fundamentalism, Misinformation, Political Rhetoric, Politicization of Science, Project 2025, Pseudoscience, Religion and Science, Rochelle Walensky, Science, Scientific Literacy, Social Media, Terry Defoe |
by Terry F. Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology,...
May 27, 2025 | Bob Jones, Bob Jones University, Camille Lewis, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, KKK-Fundamentalism, Klandamentalism, Modern Woman Sermon, Religion and Politics, Rhetoric, Sean Wilentz, Second Ku Klux Klan, Stollenwerck Panorama, Wayne Flynt, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
An Interview with Camille Kaminski Lewis by William Trollinger Camille Kaminski Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Rhetorical Studies with a minor in...
Sep 24, 2024 | Adam Laats, Anti-Immigration, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Donald Trump, Fundamentalism, J.D. Vance, James Dobson, Ken Ham, KKK, Red Letter Christians, Springfield, Ohio, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Members of the Haitian community, from left, Lindsey Aime, James Fleurijean, Rose-Thamar Joseph, Harold Herard, and Viles Dorsainvil, stand for worship with Carl Ruby, pastor at Central Christian Church, in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 15,...
Jun 4, 2024 | Abortion, Bull Durham, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, Constitution, David Barton, Dodie Horton, Donald Trump, First Amendment, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Candidates, Global Warming, Louisiana, Mike Johnson, Religion and Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Royce Duplessis, Supreme Court, Ten Commandments |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
Feb 1, 2024 | Abraham, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Claus Westermann, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Creation Science, Flood Narrative, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jennifer Mercieca, Ken Ham, Moses, Noah's Ark, Noah's Flood, P.T. Barnum, Progressive Protestantism, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Cargill, Rowan Williams, Science, The Genesis Flood, Wilhelm Wundt, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
